Thursday, May 23, 2013

Dear X Box
Ah my old friend you seem to be winning a battle here at the moment. 

You have found a new way of gaining more time turned on.

More time that your brightly coloured action packed games can blare out into my lounge,stealing time away from my boy.

And time is precious.

In my view it should be spent doing real life stuff.
Playing outside,reading,running,jumping,being with real people not sat staring at a machine.

"Ah but I do you such a favour" I hear you whisper mockingly
"I watch your child for you while you get on with 'things,' jobs or that important stuff you do on your phone"

"Iam your unpaid babysitter,you may not 'like' me but you 'do' use me....and you know it"

Yes Dearest X box I actually do know this although it pains me greatly to agree with you.Iam aware that as much as I moan about you,I do use you or at least I use the time I get child free to do lots of things....shower in peace,make tea,do dishes and yes play around with my phone or lappy.

But you come at a price and I think your price is way too high for my liking.

You gobble time up,minutes turn into hours and they turn into chunks of time....the morning or the whole afternoon.It sounds impossible but I have seen it happen and more than once,unfortunately.

You leave children hot and bothered,tired,cross,tantrummy and unable to cope with the real world and to be frank it's just not good enough and as you full well know I do not like it.
 One. Single. Bit.

And now you have found a small chink in my armour...the relationship between my boys.

Yes I have been drawn in,I must admit,I see the two older boys cuddled up to their kid bro and yep it pulls on my heart strings big style and yes I do let the time drift on when I see that. 
What mum can easily break moments like that...the boys laughing and playing together,it's a low down trick X Box and you know it.

But you also know me full well dont you.

Wasn't I the one who kept you out of the boys bedroom for years and years and years,not bowing to the immense pressure from everyone around.

And wasn't I the one to limit you to just one hour a day and did I stick to that rule...yep, I so did and I'm real glad now that I did because as the kids grow older it becomes harder as a mum to enforce rules,especially when the children have got jobs of their own.Thats when I don't have much of a say about you Dear X Box!

But where my little boy is concerned I do have a say,a really big say and I want you to know that I'm on your case.

Because no matter how hard you try to wheedle your way into his life I'm going to put limits on you,for his sake and Dear X Box he is worth any battle that you may give me,do you get that,let the battle commence.

From a Mummy who loves her son so much that she will win the X Box 
( if only for the time being!)




18 comments:

  1. Ahh well done Mummy - you will win this battle!! :)

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    1. I hope so Tas!On a good day I think yes I WILL win and on a bad day I think...argh ok Mr X Box I give in you win :-) Its something I believe in though so I HAVE to win,dont I! #pocolo

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  2. I have a similar battle with the x-box. Children who don't want it in the lounge but want to use it in their rooms, I have resisted. Mine are the only ones left without one in their rooms, but I could imagine time during the night also sneaking away with the advent of x-box in their rooms.

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    1. Hello I so know how that feels...the only kids left without it in their rooms but shall I tell you something it is so worth every bit of pressure you have to endure,honestly!There comes a time when it probably will go in their rooms,mine were ridiculously old actually but I never regret it...never!
      I now have children that are used to being downstairs and do not always dash off upstairs as soon as they come in and my older ones are 20yrs and 16yrs old.People comment how refreshing it is too see teens milling around downstairs and I do think a bit of this is my decision to not make their rooms electric friendly,they just got used to being with us instead :-)you see i have 'history' with the x box!!!!

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  3. I know where you are coming from and well done for keeping tabs on the xbox.
    Now, any tips for keeping the hubby off the PS3?
    #PoCoLo

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    1. Oh Anne your comment made me laugh out loud for sure!Now if I had any tips for that I would probably be able to write a book and become a millionaire! *wanders away and puts her thinking cap on*

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  4. Go Mummy we must beat these horrible gadgets. My son is nearly 5 and already would happily spend all day on the computer or playing games on one gadget or another. Every day it is a battle to get him to play with proper toys and, because his Dad, is a big tech geek I feel like I am fighting a losing battle! Good luck x

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    1. I so agree!All this technology has so captured our kids hasnt it!And isnt it such a hard task to pull them away from it but after reading Lous comment I know that Im just as bad these days especially where my lappy and iphone are concerned...it wasnt always this way..believe me x

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  5. i love this post honey .. good luck with your battle i have no doubt you will win!

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    1. Thanks Jaime...Im now beginning to realise my battle against technology is not just confined to the x box *looks pointedly at the lappy and the iphone* Is it a case of 'pot,kettle.black' I think it may be!Oops!

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  6. Love this & I totally get it! I have a very similar relationship with our xbox. Gets a bit worse as they get older though and start taunting you with 'how come I can't got on the xbox but you can spend all that time on your laptop?? Ummmmmmm :-S

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    1. Lou you totally made me think with your comment about mums monitoring x boxes but spending lots and lots of time on their laptops!Lou Im so guilty of this,these days,bit hypocritical of me I think!Hmmm!

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  7. Great post, but what happens when the new one comes out? The battle begins again

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    1. Dont mention the new X Box..please!!!Yep as you say the battle begins all over again!Perhaps me and the X Box need to call a truce :-)

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  8. I have no doubt that you WILL win this battle! Ross and I are managing it for the sake of Grace but I fear that Ross could have a bit of an obsession at times and just hope that Grace won't catch it off him! Thanks for linking to PoCoLo lovely xx

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    1. Hi Tori,in our house this is a constant battle and has been since the boys were young.Just got to plug on I guess!
      Thank 'you' for hosting #pocolo its still one of my fave places to come :-)xx

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  9. My son is only 8 mths but all the kids I know now are transfixed by technology. I want him to go outside and do the things that we did!

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    1. Exactly Rebecca,I truly think childhood was better without all this technology and that's the kind of childhood I do aim to give my boys.I have always been the bad guy and pulled them away from the electric side of life but its only been recently that I realise that I have joined them!Hmmm and double hmmm!Now who is going to watch me!?!

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